This is a part of the 2015 Fall VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊMonitoring Change for Resource Management Project Team: New Mexico Water Resources II Team Location: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ÛÒ Pasadena, California Authors: Trevor McDonald Gregory Halverson Mentors/Advisors: Joshua Fisher (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Greg Moore (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Munish Sikka (California Institute of Technology) … Read More
Every Drop Counts: Developing a Water Budget for Costa Rica
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊAssessing Drought and Water Availability Project Team: Costa Rica Water Resources II Team Location: University of Georgia – Athens, Georgia Authors: Veronica Fay Steve Padgett-Vasquez Caren Remillard Eduardo Rendon Kamala Kanta Sahoo Xuan Zhang Mentors/Advisors: Javier Arti̱ano GuzmÌÁn (SENARA ÛÒ Costa Rica’s National Service of … Read More
Breaking the Ring of Fire: Preparing for Drought Disasters in Texas
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊAssessing Drought and Water Availability Project Team: Texas Water Resources Team Location: NASA Langley Research Center – Hampton, Virginia Authors: Megan Buzanowicz Laura Lykens Zacary Richards Jeff Close Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA DEVELOP National Program) Dr. Venkat Lakshmi (University of South Carolina) Abstract: The … Read More
Beyond a Shadow of a Drought II: Monitoring Severity from Space
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊAssessing Drought and Water Availability Project Team: Navajo Nation Climate II Team Location: NASA Ames Research Center ÛÒ Mountain View, California Authors: Cheryl Cary Michael Gao Vickie Ly Anton Surunis Sophie Turnbull-Appell Mentors/Advisors: Dr. J. W. Skiles (NASA Ames Research Center) Dr. Venkat Lakshmi (University … Read More
My Rice Will Grow On
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊMonitoring Forested and Agricultural Landscapes Project Team: Thailand Agriculture Team Location: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center – Huntsville, Alabama, and Wise County Clerk of Court’s Office – Wise, Virginia Authors: Tim Klug Komsan Rattanakijsuntorn Arom Boekfah Chayanit Choomwattana Watanyoo Suksa-ngiam Atipat Wattanuntachai Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Jeffrey … Read More
ET Phones New Mexico
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊMonitoring Forested and Agricultural Landscapes Project Team: New Mexico Water Resources and Agriculture Team Location: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Pasadena, California Authors: Sol Kim Agustin Muniz Trevor McDonald Mentors/Advisors: Joshua Fisher (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Greg Moore (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Manish Verma (California … Read More
Weather, Risk, and Searching for Normal in a Rapidly Changing World
How will we adapt to climate change and increasingly severe storms if humans aren’t very good at interpreting risk?
Remote Drought Monitoring in the Navajo Nation: Utilizing NASA Earth Observation Data
Drought monitoring is essential in the management of water resources, especially in underserved and arid areas such as the Navajo Nation. The DEVELOP team at the NASA Ames Research Center examined methods for calculating Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) values in the Nation using NASA Earth observation data in ArcGIS.
